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by chrisseaton 2119 days ago
> pay attention when you hear someone’s weight to see if it matches your heuristic

I don't think I've ever heard an adult male ever mention their own weight in public. You can see why it'd be hard to estimate when you don't have any data.

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You’ll have to get a job at a county fair running the weight guessing attraction to get enough data. There’s no other way to do it, it’s how we all figured out how to estimate the weight of a human. I’ll call my friend Chucky, he’ll get you a gig in a traveling carnival for the summer.
Or simply any job that requires checking IDs. Bouncer, bartender, cashier in a store that sells alcohol/cigarettes, etc.
Huh, I have never seen weight specified on any ID.
Every US ID and driver's license I've ever seen (and I've seen many) list height and weight.